Safety-razor.



W. E. LANE.

SAFETY RAZOR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29. $916.

Patented Nov. 14:, 1916.

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. SAFETY-RAZOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 14, 1916.

Application filed June 29, 1916. Serial No. 106,676.

To all whom it may concern:

Be' it known that 1, WILLIAM E, LANE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety- Ra-zors; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates generally to razors, and more particularly to certain new and useful improvements in guards for the cutting edges of the blades of safety razors.

Heretofore, much difficulty has been experienced in cleaning safety razors of the usual construction, owing to the fact that lather and hair become caked between the usual spaced teeth or fingers of the guard of the blade.

It is therefore the object of the present invention to overcome this by the provision of a guard composed of two relatively separable parts provided with guard teeth or fingers, the fingers on one of the parts being positioned between the fingers on the other so that when these parts are disassembled for cleaning, the caked matter will be broken and thereupon easily removed.

Another object of the invention is to gen erally improve upon devices of this character by the provision of a device which will be ofcomparatively simple, strong, durable and inexpensive construction, efficient and reliable in operation, and well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

With these and numerous other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, and the combination and arrangement of, parts as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of the specification and in which simidesignate like parts throughout the several views: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a safety razor provided with a guard constructed in accordance with this invention; Fig. 2 is a i top plan view of the head or blade holding portion of the razor, a portion ofwhich is broken away to show one of the parts of the guard, the same being in its closed position; Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the guard in its open position; Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the razor; Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of a portion of the razor, showingmore particularly the construction of the pivoted or movable part of the guard; and Fig. 6 is a detailsectional view taken on the plane of the line 66 of Fig. 5.

While the device is applicable to all forms of safety Y razors having a guard for the cutting edg of the razor blade, it is shown constructed for use in connection with a safety razorcomposed of a handle 1, a head 2 which includes a guard 3 for the cutting edge of the blade 4, and a clamping member 5 for retaining the blade l in its proper position. As clearly shown by the drawing, this guard 8 comprises a relatively fixed part 6 and a relatively movable part 7. The fixed;

part 6may and is preferably formed integral with a portion of the head of the razor, and

has a plurality of spaced teeth or fingers 8 extending forwardly from the forward edge thereof. The free ends of the fingers 8 are struck downwardly in the usual manner as at 9. The outermost fingers, or in other words, the fingers 8 arranged at the opposite ends of the part 6, are provided on their upper sides with stops 10 against which the ends of the cutting edge of the blade 4c rest to limit the outward movement of the same when the several parts of the razor are being assembled.

The relatively movable part 7 of the guard is here shown as comprising a plate 11 arranged substantially in the plane with the downwardly struck ends 9 of the fingers 8, and having a plurality of notches 12 in its upper edge to receive saiddownwardly struck ends 9. Extending rearwardly from the upper edge of the plate 11 and midway between the fingers 8 of the fixed part 6 is a plurality of fingers 13. As shown, these fingers 13 are arranged in the same plane with the fingers 8. While the plate 11 may be movably mounted with respect to the fixed part 6 in a number of ways, it is preferably provided at one of its ends with a rearwardly extending pivot ear 14:, through which extends a pivoted screw or pin 15 carried by thefixed part 6. Extending rearwardly from the other end of the part 7 is a lug 16 having an outwardly extending thumb piece or finger 17 at its free end. This lug 16 is adapted to be retained in locked position between the lower side of the fixed part 6 and the upper side of the resilient latch member 18, the latter being provided with a projection 19 to engage a detent 20 carried by the lug 16. This construction provides an efiicient means for retaining the two parts of the guard in their relative operative positions.

After a razor constructed as above has been used, and it is desired to clean the same, the blade 4: is removed in the usual manner, and the part 7 is moved to its open position as shown by Fig. 3 of the drawing. This relative movement or separation of the two parts of the guard causes the lather and hair which have collected and become caked between the spaced fingers thereof, to be broken up and thus being cap-able of being readily and easily removed.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the construction, use and operation of the invention will be readily understood without a more extended explanation.

-As various changes in form, proportion and in the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of this invention, 1 do not wish to be limited to the construction herein shown and described, other than that set forth in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A device of the class described comprising a blade receiving head including a guard for the cutting edge of said blade, said guard being composed of two relatively separable parts, each of the latter being provided with a plurality of spaced fingers, the fingers of one part being positioned between those of the other part when said parts are assembled.

:2. A device of the class described comprising a blade receiving head including a guard for the cutting edge of said blade, said guard being composed of two parts movably connected together, and means for retaining said parts in their relative operative positions, each of said parts being provided with a plurality of spaced fingers, the fingers of one part being positioned between those of the other part when said parts are in their relative operative positions.

3. A device of the class described comprising a blade receiving head including a prising a blade receiving head including a guard for the cutting edge of said blade, said guard being composed of two parts, one of the latter being relatively fixed with respect to said head, the other part being pivotally mounted to the latter, means for retaining said parts in their relative operative positions, and a plurality of fingers on each of said parts, the fingers of one part being positioned between those of the other part when said parts are in their relative operative positions.

5. A device of the class described comprising a blade receiving head including a guard for the cutting edge of said blade, said guard being composed of two parts, one of the latter being formed integral with said head and having a plurality of spaced fingers extending forwardly of the same, the free ends of said fingers being struck downwardly, the other part of said guard consisting of a plate pivotally mounted to the first mentioned part, said plate being disposed in the plane with the downwardly struck ends of said fingers and having notches in its upper edge for receiving the same, additional fingers extending rearwardly from said plate and disposed in the plane with the first mentioned fingers and positioned between the latter when said parts are in their closed positions, and means for holding said parts in their closed positions.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM E. LANE. Witnesses:

H. H. CRITTENDEN, L. SBANKs.

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